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5 results for TORTOISE from Modern Era puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Sat Nov 28, 2020	5D	Fabled beneficiary of a nap	Nam Jin Yoon	Shortz
Sun Oct 26, 2014	78D	See 96-Across	Caleb Emmons	Shortz
Sun Feb 9, 2003	25A	Fabled racer	David J. Kahn	Shortz
Sun Nov 5, 2000	20D	Partner of 41-Down	Michael S. Maurer	Shortz
Sat Jun 26, 1999	44A	Winner in a well-known upset	John Wolting	Shortz

2 results for TORTOISE from Variety puzzles:

Date	Type	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Mar 5, 2017	Acrostic	R	What killed Aeschylus, in legend, when it was dropped by an eagle on his head	Emily Cox & Henry Rathvon	Shortz
Jun 30, 2013	Acrostic	X	Animal clocked at 5 m.p.h., tops	Emily Cox & Henry Rathvon	Shortz

13 results for TORTOISE from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Fri Nov 15, 1985	24A	Shade of brown	Hickmott	Maleska
Wed Oct 23, 1985	46A	Victor in a fabled race	McKeon	Maleska
Wed Apr 25, 1984	39D	Kind of beetle	Albert J. Klaus	Maleska
Mon May 14, 1979	41D	Terrapin	Gaarder	Maleska
Sun Dec 19, 1976	105D	Race winner	Anne Fox	Weng
Tue Oct 8, 1974	23A	Aesop character	Harriet Gilson Rosenberg	Weng
Sun Jun 5, 1966	20A	Fabled racer.	Hume R. Craft	Farrar
Wed Apr 7, 1965	26A	Epitome of slowness.	Unknown	Farrar
Tue Mar 26, 1963	35D	Reptile.	Helen Fasulo	Farrar
Sun Nov 12, 1961	101D	Reptile.	W. E. Jones	Farrar
Tue Jun 14, 1955	29A	Fabled racer.	Unknown	Farrar
Sun Jun 13, 1943	6D	Chelonian.	Joseph C. Emidy	Farrar
Sun Dec 13, 1942	141A	Laggard.	Charles Erlenkotter	Farrar

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